Amulet, silver reliquary pendant containing wood of the True Cross, with a glass front and a loop that would have suspended it from a rosary. [RB 06/03/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, silver reliquary pendant containing wood of the True Cross, with a glass front and a loop that would have suspended it from a rosary. [RB 06/03/2012]
Long description: Amulet, silver reliquary pendant containing wood of the True Cross, with a glass front and a loop that would have suspended it from a rosary. Incised on the back of the pendant are the letters 'IHS'. [RB 06/03/2012]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1931
Date collected: By 1931
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Glass, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 33 x 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.326 Other numbers: 582